17. Music
Listen to a short English conversation about music to practice your English speaking and listening skills.
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Rachel: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations. My name is Rachel. I’m here with Luke and today we’re talking about music.
Luke: Yep. That we are.
Rachel: What kind of music do you like?
Luke: Um, I I like, I like, I like a lot of kinds. My My tastes have broadened as I have uh, increased in years.
Rachel: And you write music too.
Luke: I- yes, I do.
Rachel: What kind of music do you like to write?
Luke: Um, same same thing. I grew up listening to a lot of rock music and so that runs in my blood. Um, and so do cells. And but lately I’ve I’ve come to really a-a-appreciate classical music so my tolerance for it is is still not quite as big as for rock, but-
Rachel: Yeah.
Luke: I’m I’m I’m getting there.
Rachel: I’m the same way. I grew up listening to pop almost exclusively and I remember in high school kind of judging the kids that would listen to country music and yet here I am. I actually liked a country song the other day, so, my taste has has- is quite varied these days and I I do like classical and I think there’s a little bit to appreciate in every genre of music but-
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: I really like classic rock too.
Luke: Yeah.
Rachel: It’s-for me classic rock is kind of like my gold standard.
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: And then I’ll get in moods and like on the weekends I’ll like pop or I also really enjoy listening to music based on decade.
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: So there’s Motown and oldies and then you have music from the 70’s-
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: 80’s, techno…
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: There’s just- its so much.
Luke: Yeah. The rule I try to live by is, I drink pop. I don’t listen to it, so that’s my goal.
Rachel: Or soda.
Luke: That’s true. Its really hard to listen to soda though. It just sounds, its all fizzy.
Rachel: It is. It’s Fizzy pop.
Luke: Fizzy pop.
Rachel: You have to really listen to the music of a soda.
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: Joking aside there is music and sounds in nature. And I think there’s lots of different classical music pieces that don’t necessarily talk about soda or, right? The way soda sounds when you pour it into a glass, but, various aspects of nature. And there’s all different kinds of inspirational quotes on how there’s music is art and art is life and everything like that. That’s really getting into the finer points of it, but-
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: Alright, well this has been a great conversation about music with Rachel and Luke. Signing off for Dialogue Frog, you can find all the transcripts and vocabulary at dialoguefrog.com.
Rachel: You are listening to Dialogue Frog’s short English conversations. My name is Rachel. I’m here with Luke and today we’re talking about music.
Luke: Yep. That we are.
Rachel: What kind of music do you like?
Luke: Um, I I like, I like, I like a lot of kinds. My My tastes have broadened as I have uh, increased in years.
Rachel: And you write music too.
Luke: I- yes, I do.
Rachel: What kind of music do you like to write?
Luke: Um, same same thing. I grew up listening to a lot of rock music and so that runs in my blood. Um, and so do cells. And but lately I’ve I’ve come to really a-a-appreciate classical music so my tolerance for it is is still not quite as big as for rock, but-
Rachel: Yeah.
Luke: I’m I’m I’m getting there.
Rachel: I’m the same way. I grew up listening to pop almost exclusively and I remember in high school kind of judging the kids that would listen to country music and yet here I am. I actually liked a country song the other day, so, my taste has has- is quite varied these days and I I do like classical and I think there’s a little bit to appreciate in every genre of music but-
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: I really like classic rock too.
Luke: Yeah.
Rachel: It’s-for me classic rock is kind of like my gold standard.
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: And then I’ll get in moods and like on the weekends I’ll like pop or I also really enjoy listening to music based on decade.
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: So there’s Motown and oldies and then you have music from the 70’s-
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: 80’s, techno…
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: There’s just- its so much.
Luke: Yeah. The rule I try to live by is, I drink pop. I don’t listen to it, so that’s my goal.
Rachel: Or soda.
Luke: That’s true. Its really hard to listen to soda though. It just sounds, its all fizzy.
Rachel: It is. It’s Fizzy pop.
Luke: Fizzy pop.
Rachel: You have to really listen to the music of a soda.
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: Joking aside there is music and sounds in nature. And I think there’s lots of different classical music pieces that don’t necessarily talk about soda or, right? The way soda sounds when you pour it into a glass, but, various aspects of nature. And there’s all different kinds of inspirational quotes on how there’s music is art and art is life and everything like that. That’s really getting into the finer points of it, but-
Luke: Mm hm.
Rachel: Alright, well this has been a great conversation about music with Rachel and Luke. Signing off for Dialogue Frog, you can find all the transcripts and vocabulary at dialoguefrog.com.
